WXYX reports "A knife-wielding thief shot during a robbery wants reparations for his suffering.
In 2007, Scott Thomas Zeilinski robbed a Michigan store at knifepoint. He threatened to kill several employees while holding the weapon to their throats, reported WXYZ, a Detroit ABC affiliate.
As he was fleeing, an employee shot him in the arm and back. And now, Zeilinski, who is serving 8 to 22 years in jail for the crime, is suing that same store to pay him more than $125,000 for his pain, suffering and emotional distress.
"What about the stress that was brought onto the 17-year-old who was involved? What about the stress to the family? What about the fear for their life that they were put in by this guy?" store owner Ed Tomaszewski "